When will Putin give up Ukraine? Only when his inner circle forces him to stop | Olga Chyzh
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Unlike western leaders, the Russian president does not answer to voters or the media. Which means he plays a much, much longer gameAlmost a year on, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has lost little ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/vladimir-putin-ukraine-west-russia-president

Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight too | Simon Tisdall
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As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/ukraine-is-fighting-for-all-of-us-now-europe-must-fight-putin-too

‘We do our work because we are angry’: Navalny’s colleague Maria Pevchikh on taking on Putin
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It’s two years since the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Here his deputy talks about continuing his fearless anti-corruption wo...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/navalny-deputy-maria-pevchikh-putin-opposition-corruption-foundation

The Observer view on Belarus’s rogue regime and its ties to Russia | Observer editorial
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As Belarus’s democratically elected president is tried for treason in absentia, she demands deeper sanctions on the brutal regimeA show trial ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/observer-view-belarus-rogue-regime-relationship-russia